Razor-stropping device



Mar. 27, 1923. 1,449,824

W. F. LENT RAZOR STROPPING DEVICE Filed Aug. 8, 1921 Patented Mar. 27,1923.

A UNITED STATES PATENT oFricE.

WILMAR r. LENT, on NEW HAVEN, commences, ASSIGENOR "To THEGRETST ANU-FACTURINGICOMPANY, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION or con-NECTICUT.

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Application filed August 8, 1921. Serial N0. 490,546.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VVILMAR F. LENT, acitizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented acertain new anduseful Improvement in Razor- Stropping Devices, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to razor stropping.

device and in particular to such devices as are adapted for holding theblades of safety razors while they are being honed or stropped.

An important feature of the invention comprises a construction in whichthe holder is formed of a casing of spring metal provided with jawsforretaining the blade, the normal tendency of said jaws being to closeupon and grip the blade, together with a simple releasing device whichis adapted to spread the jaws and free the blade.

Other features comprise important details of construction andcombination of parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described,and the novel elements thereof pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents in side elevation, a device embodying the presentinvention;

Figure 2 is a plan view;

Figure 3 is an enlarged view in longitudinal section;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view at right angles to Figure 3;

Figure 5 is an end elevation; and

Figure 6 is a transverse section on the line 6-6, Figure 3.

A handle 1, constructed substantially like the handle of an old stylerazor, and having two parallel sides, a, b, and end spacing washer 3 andrivet 4, is connected at its forward end by a rivet 5 with the end shank7 of the blade holder 8. Friction washers, 6, 6, are interposed betweenthe sides of the members 0;, b, and the shank of the holder 8. Saidshank lies between parallel, rearwardly extending portions 81, 81, thebody portion of the holder being formed by bending the metal over uponitself to produce a rounded body portion, having two parallel downwardlyextending portions 9, with offset shoulders 10, which in turn extenddownwardly to form two parallel blade grasping jaws 12. The holder isformed of spring material, such as tempered steel or the like,

and its resiliency is such that the jaws 12 are maintained normally insuch close relationship that the space between them is less than "thethickness of the razor blade 14, so that when the latter is insertedbetween the? aws it will be firmlygrasped thereby.

ou'nted within the curved body iportion of the holder 8 is ajaw-releasing lever 15, 'which'has apivot stud 17 extending through anaperture located about centrally of 'the top portionof the curved backof theho lder 8, and having an upset portion 18 which lies upon theouter surface of the holder and serves to secure the lever 15 to saidholder. The lever 15 has athumb piece 19 which extends rearwardly fromthe body lie closely adjacent the other wall 9 of the holder, as bestseen in Figure 5.

The lever 15 being centrally pivoted within the holder 8,.and the lugs21, 22, extending upon opposite sides laterally of the lever, and beingdisposed moreover upon opposite sides longitudinally of the pivot 17,pressure of the thumb upon the handle 19 will rotate the lever upon itspivot, causing the lugs 21, 22, to enga e the walls 9, 9, of the holderand sprea said holder and the jaws 12, 12, apart, thus releasing ablade, or permitting the insertion of a blade. Release of the pressureupon the handle 19 will permit the holder to assume its normal positionwith the jaws sufficiently close together to grasp the blade, wherebythe latter may be stropped or honed.

A leaf spring 24 is secured at one end to the side of the lever 15 andextends outwardly and laterally and bears upon the inner wall of theholder 8. The function of this spring is to take up any slack or lostmotion of the lever in the holder and prevent the lever from shakingloose in the blade holding member.

I claim:

1. A razor stropping device comprising in combination a holder providedwith resilient jaws for grasping a blade, a lever housed within andextending longitudinally of the holder and having means for engagingopposite walls of the holder, said lever pivoted to the holderiinterm'ediate its length and means for operating the lever to spreadthe holder.

2. A razor stropping device comprising a holder of resilient materialhaving jaws arranged for normally grasping a blade, alever pivotallymounted within the holder and having a rearwardly extending operatinghandle and means carried by and ex 4. A device of the class described,comprising a holder of resilient material having a curved back portion,downwardly extending side walls, and off-set blade grasping jaws, alever pivoted intermediate its length within the curved portion of theholder and having downwardly extending, laterally ofi'-set lugs forengaging the Walls of the holder, and means whereby the lever may berotated on its pivot to cause said lugs to spread the walls of theholder and release the blade clasped thereby.

5. A device of the class described, comprising in combination, a bladeholder of resilient material having downwardly extending jaws, a leverpivotally mounted within said holder and provided with projections forengaging the walls of the holder to spread said jaws, and a springinterposed between said lever and the interior of said holder to preventlooseness of the parts.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of July,A. D. 1921.

\VILMAR F. LENT.

